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More of the evil Internet for schools

Blogs Some time in the mid-ninties, when I was but a teenage young 'un, we were called to the weekly assembly where one of the head teachers announced they had discovered that ... Read story »

A Nation treading lightly

Blogs A little over a week ago, His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei celebrated his 63rd birthday. As with every year he addresses the nation, but this year's speech was a stark ... Read story »

Anti-piracy measures turning to the court of law

Blogs A second company in Brunei has been charged for using pirated software. Putting aside the usual back-and-forth banter on piracy, the only thing going through my mind is Has it really ... Read story »

Brunei gets big, fat bandwidth cable

Blogs Two years is a long time in Internet terms, but that's how long ago we were promised a 20,000km submarine fiber-optic cable system to improve the country's bandwidth. The wait is ... Read story »

Security vs. Convenience

Blogs Let's talk about security and convenience, shall we? Like many of its competitors, local bank Baiduri released Security Tokens to its customers for added security. Unlike its rivals though, Baduri's tokens ... Read story »

Wanted: Brunei's one-stop eHaven

Blogs Last week, I found myself in Den Den Town, Osaka's electronics paradise. You could spend the entire day exploring until your feet fall off and still not have walked the entire ... Read story »

Brunei Bloggers, a retrospective look. Part 3: The ally

Blogs What would you do if your local newspaper decides to dedicate a weekly column to articles penned by bloggers? Me, I started looking for other signs of the Apocolypse. Read Part ... Read story »

Brunei Bloggers, a retrospective look. Part 1: The Bang

Blogs Bruneians have been blogging from as early as 2001, perhaps earlier, but it wasn't until 2006 when the Brunei Blogging scene witnessed an explosion in interest. Something happened that year that ... Read story »

Auto-Gate for Brunei Airport

Blogs Earlier this week, a pair of automatic entry systems, Auto-Gates, began operation in Brunei International Airport. For travelers carrying biometric passports, visiting Brunei is now as easy as walking through a ... Read story »

Brunei Bloggers, a retrospective look. Part 2: The Scare

Blogs Saturday 25th February 2006 -- Brunei's main newspaper, the Borneo Bulletin, runs a headline that scares the blessed crud out of Brunei Bloggers: Bloggers Beware Libel Lawsuits. Read Part 1. I ... Read story »

Brunei's THiNKBIG National Technology Forum

Blogs The first THiNKBIG National Technology Forum with the theme "Innovation... Embracing the New Media" is scheduled to take place on November 12. I really wish I could be in Brunei to ... Read story »

WiMAX coming to Brunei soon

Blogs From Brudirect.com: Promoting the service, AITI is now opening tender for WiMAX and hopes that the service will commence by next year. By next year? W00t! The article cribs Wikipedia's definition ... Read story »

Shooting ourselves in the foot

Blogs A week ago, Brunei police officers raided an IT training institution for alleged software infringement. Given the unabashed use of pirated software in Brunei, alleged is far more diplomatic than necessary. ... Read story »

Brunei Bloggers, a retrospective look. Part 4: The wrap-up party

Blogs Bang, Borneo Bulletin, Brunei Times and BlogSpeak. What since then? Brunei bloggers have given talks at the local university, been interviewed on the radio, appeared on television, and even been acknowledgeded ... Read story »

I know that you know

Blogs Seven months ago, Brunei was embarrassed in front of the entire world during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. What's a country to do in such a media-laden environment ... Read story »

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